In traditional assembly lines, it is reasonable to assume that task execution times are the same for each worker. However, in sheltered work centres for disabled this assumption is not valid: some workers may execute some tasks considerably slower or even be incapable of executing them. Worker ...
Zwart, B.Centrum Wiskunde and InformaticaMathematics of operations researchZhang, B., Zwart, B.: Steady-state analysis for multi-server queues under size-interval task assignment in the quality-driven regime. Math. Oper. Res. 38 (3), 504–525 (2013) MathSciNet MATH...
The design constraints that are imposed by the semi-custom layout rules make the physical implementation of the proposed technique a non-trivial task. In fact, such rules require that the biasing should be applied with a relatively coarse granularity, e.g., a row of the layout rather than a...